Garment-taping machine.



E. H. NEWCOMB.

GARMENT TAPING MACHINE.

AIPPLIOATIMI FILED mme. 1912.

Patented Aug. 11,1914

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APPLICATION FILED MAR-5, 1912.

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GRMENT-TAPING MACHINE.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Application led March 5, 1912. Serial N o. 681,704.

T0 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT H. NEwcoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ephrata, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in GarmenteTaping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to taping machines, and has for an object to provide a machine for taping the edgings or insertions of garments after the mentioned edgings or insertions have been connected to or formed with the garment.

The invention embodies, among other features, a device adapted to receive and support the garment in taping position, the garment being placed and arranged upon the machine in such a manner that when the taping mechanism of the machine is oper ated the tape will be uniformly passed through the edging or insertion, the'tape being passed through the mentioned edging or insertion in an alternating manner so that one portion of the tape will lie above one of the bars or portions of the edging or insertion and the next portion of the tape will lie below the adjacent bar of the edging or insertion.

Although I am aware that various machines have been used heretofore for the purpose of taping edgings or insertions, it has been found that with these machines it is impossible to tape the edging or insertion after the same has been connected to or formed with the garment, and the edging or insertion must be taped prior to sewing or otherwise securing the same to the garment. It has also been found that in commercial usage the most efficient procedure is to tape the edging or insertion after the same has been connected to or formed with the garment and the usual procedure at the present time, in order to accomplish the desired result, is to tape the edging or insertion by hand, an end of the tape being secured to a bodkin, which is grasped by the lingers and manipulated so as to pass the bodkin alternat-ely through the edging or insertion..

In my device I employ a machine which tapes an edging or insertion after thesame has been connected to or formed with the garment, as neatly and efficiently as the hand process, while at the same time, with the use of my machine, the process is greatly facilitated and the machine can be easily operated by one not skilled in the art of taping garments, in view of the simplicity and the manner in which these parts cooperate to advance the tape through the insertion or edging.

. It has further been found that in the use of the machines now employed for taping edglngs or insertions, when the edging or insertion has been taped the protruding ends of the tape are not sufficiently long to permit of tying the same in a bow, and when the edging or insertion is secured to the garment theends of the tape, instead of being arranged in the front of the garment are arranged at the back of the garment adjacent the points where the ends of the edging or insertion are secured to the garment.

In the use of my device, when the edging or insertion of a garment is taped, the protruding ends of the tape, after the garment has been taped, are sufficiently longto permit of tying a neat and effective bow and the bow will be arranged at the front of the` garment at the bosom thereof and with a machine capable of accomplishing an arrangement of this kind, the procedure of taping a garment is accomplished more quickly and thoroughly than the old and well known hand-taping process, and when a garment, having an edging or insertion seWed or connected thereto, has been taped by my machine, the protruding ends of the tape will be sufficiently long to permit of tying a bow at the front of the garment, thus producing the desired commercial article. A

In the further dis-closure of the invention l `3 3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a horizontal secytional view taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the bodkin; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the bodkin; Fig. 7

' is an end view of the bodkin shown in Fig.

5; and Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view of the front end of the bodkin, one of the positions of the T-shaped member being shown in full lines and the other position of the T-shaped member being shown in dotted lines.

Referringmore particularly to the views, use is made of a base 10 on which is'rigidly mounted a casing 11 having journaled thereon a horizontally extending -shaft 12 having keyed to one end thereof a fly wheel 13, provided with a handle 14, a grooved pulley 15 being preferably secured to the shaft 12 adjacent the fly wheel 13 and adapted to receive thereover asuitable belt for connecf with horizontally extending guide strips 21,

tion with a driving mechanism when it is desired to operate the machine otherwise than by hand, the machine being manually operated by grasping-the handle 14 and imparting rotation to the iywheel'13, thus rotating the shaft 12.

A horizontally extending bearing 16 is secured to the casingll and mounted to slide horizontally therein is a rod 17 provided with a head 18. A curved needle 19 has an end` thereof rigidly secured to the head 18 of the rod 17 and the free end ofthe needle is ar- A ranged to lie immediately over and adjacent to a toothed feed roller 2O keyed tothe shaft 12. The needle 19 consists ofan integral, channel shaped piece of material provided the mentioned piece ofmaterial being bent in a substantially ovoi'dal shape, with one end ofthepiece of material secured to the head 18y as mentioned heretofore and the other end of the piece of material being bent so that'the upper end thereof will lie immediately kabove the feed roller 20, a tape 22 mounted `on a tape reel 23, journaled on a bracket 24 secured lto'the base 10, being arranged in the channeled portion of the piece of material forming the needle 19, the mentioned guide strips 21 being provided to retain the tape in the channeled portion of the needle with the free end of the tape extending a slight distance beyond the free end of the needle, the mentioned free end of the needle being slightly tapered to form an extension 24 adapted to receive a bodkin 25.

'A shaft y26 is jo'urnaled on the easing 11,

a, bifurcat'ed head 27 being secured to an 'end ofthe shaft 26 'and having pivotally connected thereto an operating lever 2S, movable vertically to impart rotation to the shaft 26. A bearing 29 is rigidly secured to `the shaft 26 and has the lower endthereof 4bifurcated to loosely receive the upper end of the head 18 so that when the operating vlever 28 is actuatedthe rotation imparted to the shaft 2:6 thereby will operate the rod members 30 have the inner ends thereof rigidly secured to an end of the shaft 26, the outer ends of the spring members being secured to a bearing shaft 31 having journaled thereon a toothed Wheel 1t will now be readily seen that when the lever 28 is in its uppermost position the toothed wheel 32 will be out of mesh with the toothed roller 2O and the needle 19 will be in forward position to receive the edging that is to be taped, whereas when the operating lever 28 vis in lowered position the toothed wheel 32 will mesh with the roller 20, the rotation of the shaft 26, when the operating lever is moved downwardly, being adapted to operate the rod 17 to move the needle 19 rearwardly and out of the downward path of the toothed wheel 32.

An adjusting plate 33 is secured to the casing 11 vand is provided on the upper and lower ends thereof with teeth 34, 35, the teeth 34 being arranged to extend upwardly and the teeth being arranged to extend downwardly, the mentioned teeth being adapted to receive the operating lever 2S to rigidly retain the same in a desired position. By providing the adjusting plate 33 the toothed wheel 32 can be adjusted relatively to the roller 20 in view of the fact that the toothed wheel 32 is mounted on the outer ends of the spring members 30. Therefore when the operating lever 2S is swung downwardly to engage the first tooth 35 on the adjustingplate 33, the toothed wheel 32 is moved to mesh with the roller 20, and if it is desired to further intermesh the toothed wheel and roller, the operating lever can be moved to the next lower tooth 35 and secured therein, thus more firmly binding the toothed wheel and roller, while at the same time the spring members 3() will permit of a slight upward movement of the toothed wheel when the roller is operated, thus compensating for the binding action that might otherwise occur between the teeth of the roller and the teeth of the wheel 32. It will therefore be apparent that the mentioned roller 2O and toothed wheel 32, together with the parts provided for operating the toothed wheel and roller, constitute a feeding meehanism, vwhich will be more fully hereinafter disclosed.

A standard 36 is secured to a casing 11 and the forwardly extending bar 37 has an end thereof secured to the standard 36, a guiding mechanism 3S being mounted on a plate 39 secured to the forward end of the bar- 37. The guiding mechanism consists, more substantially, of a plurality of plates 40, 41 mounted to swing on the plate 39, a spring-like bar 42 having an end thereof rigidly secured to the plate 40 and terminate ing at the free end in a circular guide head 43 and a bar 44 being rigidly secured to the plate 41 and terminating at the free end in a circular guide head 45 similar to and engaged by the guide head 43, the plate 41 being provided with a laterally extending pin 46 movable in a slot 47 formed in the plate 40, bearing pins 48, 49 being secured to the plates 40, 41 and having connected thereto the ends of a contractile spring 50. A lever arm 51 is formed with the plate 41 and is provided with a handle 52, it being readily understood that when the lever arm 51 is thrown upwardly, the pin 46 operating in the slot 47 will cause the bars 42, 44 to swing upwardly and downwardly, respectively, thus disengaging the guide heads 43, 45, the guide heads being adapted to re engage when the lever arm 51 is swung downwardly, the spring being adapted to normally retain the guide heads in engagement.

rl`he bodkin 25 is adapt-ed for removable engagement with the free end of the needle 19 and the mentioned bodkin comprises a body 53 terminating at the rear end in spaced tongues 54, 55, the mentioned tongues being of a spring-like nature with the tongue 55 extending rearwardly a greater distance than the tongue 54, the mentioned tongues being adapted for engagement with the seat 19a of the needle 19. The forward end of the body 53 is reduced to form a bearing 56 on which is mounted to swing a T-shaped head 57, the mentioned head being arranged to inclose the forward end of the body 553 and having formed thereon shoulders 58 adapted to engage the bearing 56 and limit the swinging movement of the'head 57 the mentioned shoulders 58 being` formed adjacent the ends of the arms 59 of the head 57, with the stem GO of the T-shaped head extended laterally from the arms 59.

ln the operation of the device, the operating lever 28 is first swung upwardly to disengage the toothed wheel 32 from the roller 20, the mentioned operating lever being secured in uppermost position by en gaging the operating lever with one of the teeth 34 of the adjusting plate 33, after which the lever arm 51 is swung upwardly to disengage the guide heads 43, 45. 'When the guide heads are in disengaged position mentioned, access can be had to the free end of the needle 19 and the bodkin 25 is now mounted upon the extension 24 of the needle. When this has been accomplished the lever arm 51 is swung downwardly to move the guide heads 43, 45 into engagement and by referring to the views it will be seen that the point of engagement of the guide heads is substantially in the horizontal plane of the bodkin 25, it being understood that when the operating lever 28 is swung upwardly, the needle 19 is swung forwardly, as mentioned heretofore. The garment, having the edging secured thereto, is now placed adjacent the machine and the edging is inserted between the guide heads 43, 45, it being understood that the guide heads are relatively adjustable to receive the insertion, in view of the provision of the spring-like bar 42 and the contractile spring 50. A slight rearward pull is now exerted on the edging to move the same into engagement with the bodlrin 25, the rst bar of the insertionbeing adapted to engage the lower arm 59 of the head of the bodkin and swing the head downwardly, after which the mentioned bar passes between the needle and the roller 20. N ow by operating the wheel 13 to impart rotation to the shaft 12 and rotate the roller 20, the edging will be advanced along the needle, the next bar of the edging being adapted to engage the otherarm of the head 57 and swing the head in the reverse direction so that as the roller 20 is operated the edging will be advanced along the needle with the bars arranged alternately, first above and then below the upper and lower edges of the needle, this arrangement being accomplished by the head 57 of the bodkin operatg ing as mentioned and the relative positions of which are clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 8. As the rotation of the roller is continued, the edging will continue to pass over the needle in the manner mentioned and when the entire edging has been placed upon the support the tape 22, the freeend of which 1s arranged t0 lie adjacent the free end of the needle. The lever arm 51 is now swung upwardly to throw the guiding mechanism 38 into open position, thus disengaging the guide heads 43, 45 and when this has been accomplished the bodkin 25 is removed from engagement with the needle 19. The operating lever 28 is now swung downwardly and secured in rigid and locked position by engaging the operating lever with one of the teeth 35 of the adjusting plate 33, the downward swinging movement of the operating lever being adapted to swing the toothed wheel 32 downwardly and intermesh with the roller 20, the edging being interposed between the toothed wheel and the roller at the point of intermeshing of the same. The rotation of the fly wheel 13 is now reversed, thus reversing the rotation of the roller and it will thus be readily understood that as the rolleris rotated in the reverse direction, rotation will be imparted Cil to thetoothe'd wheel 32 and the edging being interposed between the mentioned roller and toothed wheel will bey fed forwardly from between the same and will be removed from the needle 19, it being further under- `rstood that the free end of the tape is interi the tape will bepassed alternately through the edging, one bar of the edging being arranged above the top and the neXt adjacent bai' being arranged below the top, the action of feeding the tape between the roller and toothed wheel 32 being adapted to unwind the tapefrom the reel 23 as the edging attached to the lgarment is removed from the needle 19. As the rotation of the iiy wheel 13 is continued, the entire edging will be removed from the needle and the finished product will appear, the tape being uniformly passed through the edging so that y the edging and tape will 'appear the same as if the tape had been passed through the edging by kthe usual hand method, set forth heretofore.

It will be readily understood that when the garment is first mounted upon the needle the action of passing the edging on to the needle is commenced at the front of the garment and consequently when the garment is removed from the machine the protruding ends of the tape will be disposed at the front of the garment so that the mentioned endscan be tied to form a neat bow.

From the foregoingdescription it will be seen that with the use of the machine of the kind described, the tape, when passed through the edging'byftheaction of the machine, will appear as neat and effective as if the tape had been passed through the edging by the usual hand taping process, while at the same time the entire operation yof taping the edging is accomplished in far less time than it required to tape the edging by hand, it being' further understood that various linds of tape can be employed in connection with my machine and that the tape will lie flat relatively to the edging and will not ytwist or curl as is very often the case where crimped or fancy tape is passed through the edging.

Having thus described my invention, l claim:

l. In a taping machine, the combination with a base, of an. ovoidal needle mounted thereon and adapted to `contain a tape, a guiding mechanism for guiding an edging and the garment thereof on to the said needle, a feeding mechanism mounted on the vwith 4a base, of a taping needle inovably supported thereon, a feeding mechanism on the base, and means for simultaneously moving the taping needle into taping position and mov-ing the feeding mechanism out of feeding position.

3. In a taping machine, the combination with a base, of a plurality of feed rollers supported onthe base, and a taping needle having an end thereof movable into or out of position between the said feed rollers.

4. ln a taping machine, the combination with a base, of 'a plurality of feed rollers supported on the base, a taping needle having an end thereof movable into or out of position between the said feed rollers, and means for moving one of the feed rollers into engagement with the other feed roller upon removing the said taping needle from position between the feed rollers.

5. ln a taping machine, the combination with a base, of a plurality of feed rollers supported on the base, a taping needle having an end thereof lying between the said feed rollers, and means for simultaneously removing the taping needle from between the feed rollers upon moving one of the feed rollers into engagement with the other.

G. fn a garment taping machine, the coinbination with a base, of a needle thereon and adapted to contain a tape, a guiding mechanism 'for guiding an edging on to the said needle, a feeding mechanism carried by the base for advancing the edging on to the needle and for removing the same therefrom, abodlrin on the needle foi` arranging the edging thereon, and in'eans for moving the taping needle into taping position and moving the feeding mechanism out of feeding position.

Ito contain a tape, a guiding mechanism for guiding an edging on to the said needle, a feeding mechanism on the base and including'a movable portion, and means for moving the said portion of the feeding meehzv nism and simultaneously shifting the needle relatively thereto.

9. In t taping machine, the combination with a base, of a needle thereon and adapted to contain a tape, a feeding mechanism for an edging and the said tape and inelud ing e movable feed roller, and means for simultaneously shifting the said needle and moving the said feed roller into or out 10 of operative relation with the remaining portion of the feeding mechanism.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EVERETT H. NEWCOMB. Vitnesses:

Jos. T. EVANS, JENNIE E. EVANS.

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